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The history of a bewilderingly exotic city, rarely written about: five hundred years of clashing cultures and peoples, from the glories of Suleiman the Magnificent to its nadir …
FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY 'Not only deserves the description "epic", in its true sense, but the term "masterpiece" as well' Independent
ââ?¬Ë?It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russiansââ?¬â?¢ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.ââ?¬â?¢ Philip Marsden, Spectator
A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.
Redcoat is the brilliant story of the common British soldier from 1700 to 1900, based on the letters and diaries of the men who served and the women who followed them.Delving into …
This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.
A brilliant history of the succession of James I of England, and the shifting power and lethal politics that brought him to the throne.
The author traces the evolution of the Soviet political system from its origins in 1917 to the present day. He shows how power has rarely been devolved outside a particularly …
ââ?¬Ë?Beautifully conceived and marvellously researched. I havenââ?¬â?¢t read a better book on Berlin.ââ?¬â?¢ Gordon A. Craig